Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But nobody appreciates more than me how Ian feels because I endured the same thing at exactly this time last year . |
| 2 | I say the same thing |
| 3 | I replied the same thing could be said about running a successful club , but Bob was off , back into the night . |
| 4 | In time and with an increasingly ageing population , I foresee the same thing happening here ; that when people feel the time has come for release , they will gather the family round them to say farewell and then with those they love most beside them , they will ask for and be handed , as their right , the means of self-deliverance . |
| 5 | THE DOCTOR : I feel the same thing when I 'm holding a syringe : the power to fuck up someone 's life . |
| 6 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 7 | that 's what I did , and I I thought the same thing . |
| 8 | " I thought the same thing the night I saw him with her wedding-dress . |
| 9 | It 's not that at all , I do the same thing every year . |
| 10 | I mean , I do the same thing , I get home at night and I 'm like this ! |
| 11 | While you 're doing your projects , sort of practise organizing your files for your projects and do n't l do n't , I think you can spend , you 're good at finding excuses for yourself , I do the same thing . |
| 12 | My shirts and nightwear were still " Annie Thompson " exclusives ( which was her maiden name ) and she would frequently scold herself when she made a mistake in her work and oddly I find that I do the same thing , even today , a sort of " pull your finger out Mahaddie " . |
| 13 | I think the same thing holds for the philosophy of art . |
| 14 | And er they do n't necessarily er er do things with these toy tractors er Well th they they tend to things with these toys to imitate the the real thing er so I th I think the same thing would have happened , maybe a hundred years ago or maybe less , in regard to ploughing with horses on the in the fields . |
| 15 | I did the same thing , but on a different show , to Paddy Ashdown , the leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | Because I knew , the fella that done the damage before I did the same thing , he said to me , he say you carry on you 'll get it back . |
| 17 | Erm , I , I did the same thing the tag |
| 18 | I was sick all over him and he cleaned me up and himself up and emptied the bowl and then I did the same thing again . |
| 19 | I yes I did the same thing |
| 20 | Well really when I had the same thing , you know , and goes back for a little bit this morning and er same sort of thing . |
| 21 | ‘ I suggested the same thing to every other member of the backroom staff as I appointed them and they all agreed . |
| 22 | but I realize the same thing , I said erm , |
| 23 | Do you think the same thing should be available for cats ? |
| 24 | No doubt you tried the same thing with him — implying that we 'd got along rather better than we ought to have ? ’ |
| 25 | just like working in a factory — you dust the same thing every day and it 's never appreciated . |
| 26 | And her sister who lives next door but one from her mums , she done the same thing . |
| 27 | If you wear the same thing twice in the same situation you may give the impression that you have one safe set of clothes and that you are only immaculately turned out when relying on that one safe outfit . |
| 28 | Er , you know the same thing they tried down at |
| 29 | But I am so fond of the people in A Wreath of Roses and have so lately re-read it , that I am perhaps tiresomely asking you to do the same thing again . |
| 30 | Yes but I mean it 's like the lady said , I mean you get the same thing all the time . |